Sale 477: Fine & Rare Books with Fine Literature (#477) 04/12/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/12/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 477 57 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-68 of 68. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAddison, Joseph & Richard Steele, et alHeadlineThe Spectator in 8 volumes 1775PublisherC. Bathurst, et alDate Published1775 Lot #6 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 Lot #7 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorHarada, Yoshito, et al.HeadlineExcavation of the site of the capital of P'o-haiPublisherToa-koko-gakukwai, or the Far-Eastern archaeological SocietyDate Published1939 Lot #8 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 Lot #11 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) Lot #12 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 Lot #14 The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: In two parts: containing I. An additional collection… II. An orthographical dictionary, shewing both the orthography and orthoepia of the English language. Volume II View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBailey, N[athaniel]HeadlineSupplement to Bailey's English Dictionary 1727PublisherT. CoxDate Published1727 Lot #17 Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertigt worden. Neunzehnter Theil [Zwanzigster Theil] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBaumgarten, Siegmund JakobHeadlineGerman history of Arabia & Persia 1759PublisherJohann Justinus GebaueDate Published1759 Lot #18 Biblia, det er, Den gantske Hellige Skrifft, paa Danske, igen offuerseet oc Prentet effter Salige oc Høylofflige ihukommelse, Kong Frederichs den II Befalning. Met Register, Alle D. Lutheri Fortaler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Danish)Author**HeadlineSecond Bible in Danish 1589PublisherMatz VingaardtDate Published1589 Lot #20 La Sainte Bible, Qui Contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in French)Author**HeadlineBible in French 1744PublisherAbraham BoyveDate Published1744 Lot #21 Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi [with] Epistolae Sanctoru Postolorum et Apocalypsis View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineNew Testament in Latin Frankfurt 1714PublisherThomas FritschDate Published1714 Lot #22 Mr. Justice Holmes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorBiddle, FrancisHeadlineMr. Justice Holmes 1st in dj signed by BiddlePublisherScribner'sDate Published1942 Lot #25 The Works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Behmen 1763PublisherJoseph RichardsonDate Published1763 Lot #27 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Book of Common Prayer)Author**Headlinebook of common prayer, Oxford 1770PublisherPrinted by T. Wright and W. GillDate Published1770 Lot #28 Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 1/350PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1960 Lot #29 Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Holland, 1763-1764PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1952 Lot #30 Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Search of a Wife 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1957 Lot #31 Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell on the Grand Tour 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1955 Lot #32 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763. Together with Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 Lot #33 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 Finely BoundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 Lot #34 The Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar Edition View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineThe Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922 Lot #39 Autograph Letter, signed, as Secretary to the British Admiralty View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(British Navy)AuthorBrisbane, JohnHeadlineJohn Brisbane Successor to Samuel PepysDate PublishedJanuary 15, 1683 Lot #43 Ius Ecclesiasticum Protestantium Usum Hodiernum Juris Canonici Juxta Seriem Decretalium Ostendens et Ipsis Rerum Argumentis Illustrans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBöhmer, Justus HenningHeadlineIus Ecclesiasticum Protestantium by BohmerPublisherImpensis Orphanotrophei [Waisenhaus]Date Published1738-1748 Lot #44 Corpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis Illustratum View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Canon Law)Author**HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis IllustraPublisherEmmanuel KonigDate Published1670 Lot #45 Chronicorum libri tres e germanico in Latinum sermonem conversi… View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCarion, JohannesHeadlineChronicorum libri tres e germanico in Latinum...Publisher[Michael Isengrin?]Date Published1557 Lot #48 A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill - Long Galley Proofs View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorWoods, FrederickHeadlineProof sheets of Woods' Churchill BibliographyPublisherNicholas VaneDate Published[1963] Lot #49 Lord Randolph Churchill View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #50 Typed Letter, signed, as Member of Parliament View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorChurchill, Winston Spencer-HeadlineLetter from Winston Churchill's grandsonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1978 Lot #51 Sententiae Insigniores. Apophthegmata, Parabolæ, seu Similia, atque eiusdem aliquot piæ sententiæ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TuliusHeadlineCicero Sententiae Insigniores 1559PublisherG. RouilliumDate Published1559 Lot #56 Memoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie; Consideree Comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCurne de Sainte-Palaye, M. de laHeadlineMemoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie 1759PublisherChez Nic. Bonav. DuchesneDate Published1759, 1781 Lot #61 Cave Hunting, Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDawkins, W. BoydHeadlineCave Hunting in Europe 1874PublisherMacmillanDate Published1874 Lot #76 Poupées et Légendes de France View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Dolls)AuthorKoenig, MarieHeadlinePoupées et Légendes de FrancePublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #77 The Life of Sir William Wallace, The Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDonaldson, PeterHeadlineThe Life of Sir William WallacePublisherS. Andrus & SonDate Published1854 Lot #78 Howard University: The Capstone of Negro Education. A History: 1867-1940 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDyson, WalterHeadlineHoward UniversityPublisherThe Graduate School, Howard UniversityDate Published1941 Lot #80 Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distance of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineJames Ferguson's Astronomy 1st American EdnPublisherMathew CareyDate Published1806 Lot #82 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 Lot #89 The History of England from the Accession of James II - Extra Illustrated View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's History of England Extra IllustratedPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1849-1861 Lot #91 The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWard, Adolphus WilliamHeadlineElectress Sophia and the Hanoverian SuccessionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1903 Lot #93 Les Moeurs des Israelites ou l'on voit le modele d'une politique simple & sincere... [bound with] Les Moeurs des Chrestiens. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFleury, Claude deHeadlineCustoms of the Israelites 1682PublisherAdrian Moetjens/ Eugene Henry FricxDate Published1682 & 1694 Lot #94 Corpus Juris Canonici Academicum, Emendatum et Notis P. Lancellotti Illustratum, in Suos Tomos Distributum, Usuique Moderno. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorFreiesleben, Christoph. Henr.HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici AcademicumPublisherE. & J.R. Thurnisiorum [Thurneysen]Date Published1735 Lot #97 The Court of the Gentiles: Or A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie and Philosophie from the Scriptures, and Jewish Church View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGale, TheophilusHeadlineThe Court of the Gentiles by Theophilus GalePublisherTho. Gilbert [Vols. 1 & 2] / T. CockerilDate Published1672, 71, 77 Lot #106 The wealth of Great Britain in the ocean, exemplified from materials laid before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed last sessions of Parliament, to examine into the state of the British fisheries. And from the public records, and other authentic evidences View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Great Britain)Author**HeadlineWealth of Great Britain in the ocean 1749PublisherM. Cooper & W. OwensDate Published1749 Lot #121 Die Kunst der Chiromantzey / vsz Besehung der Hend. Physiognomey / vsz Anblick des Menschens. Natürlichen Astrologey noch dem Lauff der Soñen. Complexion eins yegklichen Menschens. Natürlichen Ynflüssz der Planeten. der zwolff Zeichen Angesychten. Ettliche Canones / zu Erkantnüsz der Menschen Kranckheiten / solicher weisz vormals nye beschriben oder gedruckt... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorIndagine, JoannesHeadlineRare Palmistry & Occult 1523Publisher[Schott]Date Published[1523] Lot #123 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1811-12, 1823 Lot #129 Frühdrucke aus der Bücherei View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorKlemperer, Victor VonHeadlineFrühdrucke aus der Bücherei by Von KlempererDate Published1927 Lot #130 The Cradle of Printing: From Mainz and Bamberg to Westminster and St. Albans. One Hundred Incunabula and Manuscripts Important for the Development of Early Printing View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorKraus, H.P.HeadlineH.P. Kraus The Cradle of PrintingPublisherH.P. KrausDate PublishedNo date [1950s] Lot #133 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen P.HeadlineCoverdale Bible (1535) leaf book, Limited 1/425PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #141 De arte gymnastica libri sex: In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, & quidquid ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMercurialis, HieronymusHeadlineEarly work on gymnastics with plates, 1672PublisherAndreae FrisiiDate Published1672 Lot #142 Ancient Jerusalem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMerrill, SelahHeadlineAncient Jerusalem by Selah MerrillPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1908] Lot #145 Oficio de la Semana Santa Segun el Missal y Breviario Romanos View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Missal)Headline1745 Missal & BreviaryPublisherArchiemprenta PlantinianaDate Published1745 Lot #147 Le Siécle de Napoléon, Galerie des Illustrations de L'Empire View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Napoléon)Author**HeadlineLe Siécle de Napoléon 25 colored lithographsPublisherAdministration de LibrairieDate Published1846 Lot #148 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 Lot #149 The English, Scotch and Irish Historical Libraries. Giving a short View and Character of most of our Historians, either in Print or Manuscript... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNicolson, WilliamHeadlineEnglish, Scotch & Irish Historical Libraries 1736PublisherG. Strahan, et al.Date Published1736 Lot #152 Zodiacus Vitae. De Vita, Studio, ac Moribus Hominum optimè instituendis. Libri XII Additis, quae nusquam hactenus inveniebantur, singulorum librorum summariis. Cum Indice locupletissimo. Editio nova View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPalingenius, Marcellus [pseud. of Pier Angelo]Headline17th centuury "Zodiake of life"PublisherIsacum van RuynenDate Published1698 Lot #171 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Photography)AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis How the Other Half LivesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1912 Lot #180 Antiquitates Sacrae Veterum Hebraeorum View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorReland, AdrianHeadlineHebrew Antiquities 1717PublisherGulielmi BroedeletDate Published1717 Lot #189 Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection of his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephHeadlineRowlandson the Caricaturist by Joseph GregoPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 Lot #191 Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Saint Jerome)AuthorHieronymus, SaintHeadlineSaint Jerome’s Lives of the Holy Fathers 1479PublisherJohann ZainerDate Published[not after 1479] Lot #193 Opera Quae Extant, in quibus continentut View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSallustius Crispus, CaiusHeadlineCaius Sallustius Crispus OperaPublisherC.L. ThiboustDate Published[c. 1680?] Lot #194 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorSassoon, SiegfriedHeadlineMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Limited EditionPublisherFaber & GwyerDate Published1928 Lot #199 Two Original Leaves from the Second Folio edition of Much Adoe About Nothing View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second FolioPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes...Date Published1632 Lot #213 The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Voltaire, François Marie Arouté de]HeadlineThe Philosophical Dictionary for the PocketPublisherPrinted for I. Carnan & Sold by Berry, Rogers & BerryDate Published[c. 1795] Lot #215 Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorWatts. I[saac]HeadlineIsaac Watts Divine Songs for ChildrenPublisherPrinted for, and Sold by the Booksellers and StationersDate Published[c. 1790s] Lot #217 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineA King's Story The Memoirs of the Duke of WindsorPublisherPutnam'sDate Published[1951] Lot #219 Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorYockey, Francis ParkerHeadlineImperium: The Philosophy of History and PoliticsPublisherThe Truth SeekerDate Published[1962] Lot #240 Gulzara, Princess of Persia; or, The Virgin Queen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzf(Gulzara...)Author**HeadlineGulzara, Princess of Persia 1816 original boardsPublisherJohn SouterDate Published1816 Lot #241 Death Be Not Proud View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorGunther, JohnHeadlineJohn Gunther Death Be Not ProudPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 Lot #254 Pickle the Spy or The Incognito of Prince Charles [and] The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to 'Pickle the Spy' View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLang, AndrewHeadline2 vols about Pickle the Spy by Andrew Lang 1897PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1897-1898 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next